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The Instruments of Darkness: A Thriller
- Charlie Parker, Book 21
- By: John Connolly
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 140
In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone—ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary folk—has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty. Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to accept his wife’s guilt.
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3 out of 5 stars
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such a disappointment
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-24
- The Instruments of Darkness: A Thriller
- Charlie Parker, Book 21
- By: John Connolly
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
Another great story from Connolly!
Reviewed: 05-16-24
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, though some plot points feel recycled from previous novels.
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Old Bones
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,782
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,161
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,134
Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it-to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you want Pendergast don’t buy this book!!
- By shelley on 08-22-19
- Old Bones
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
Formulaic, and painfully predictable.
Reviewed: 09-04-19
Lincoln and Child have really fallen from the earlier days of the Pendergast novels.
I've been a fan for many years now, and their past novels, including Gideon Crew, and even their solo works, have been recycling their tropes, locales, characters, and even props.
The plot was so predictable that there were no surprises, with so much feeling borrowed from "White Fire" and the Gideon Crew novels.
The authors seem to have run out of fresh ideas, and have been relying on the cache they've built up getting their long-term fans who are emotionally invested in the older characters, and hungry to seen new stories expanding their fictional histories.
I enjoyed these characters when I was first introduced to them, and that is what made me give this story a try.
But I havent felt that L&C have been on their game since "Crimson Shore".
Regarding the performance, it was just so-so, and at times out-right bad.
Her Pendergast was laughable, and most if the story felt simply read, but barely acted.
But the story overall was compelling enough to finish for fans
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